By DAVID EGGERT and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The former sports doctor who admitted molesting some of the nation’s top gymnasts for years under the guise of medical treatment was sentenced Wednesday to 40 to 175 years in prison by a judge who proudly told him, “I just signed your death warrant.”…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) A candidate for the Parkway School Board who describes herself as a Confederate and who has posted anti-Islamic and racist comments on social media is coming under fire from local Muslim and Jewish groups. The Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis and the local chapter of the Jewish Voice for Peace say the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead following a late night shooting in north St. Louis. Police say the victim who was in his thirties, was shot at just before 11 p.m. Tuesday in the 5000 block of Wren. There’s no word on a motive or of any arrests. The victim’s name hasn’t been…
By KRISTIN M. HALL and DYLAN LOVAN, Associated Press BENTON, Ky. (AP) — They ran silently, too stunned to shout. Some of the children ran into classrooms to hide from the boy with the gun. Some ran out of the building, into the fields, across the streets, through the doors of nearby businesses. “No one screamed,”…
By ED WHITE and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A former Michigan sports doctor who parlayed his reputation and personal charm into years of sexual abuse of Olympic gymnasts and other young women is set to be sentenced following the riveting statements of more than 150 victims, including one of his first public…
West Alton, MO (KTRS) Two suspects are being sought in connection with a carjacking and an accident in St. Charles County. Police say the male suspects were traveling a stolen Toyota Avalon at a high rate of speed late Tuesday morning when they crashed into another vehicle on Highway 67 and 94 in West Alton. Several…
Madison County, IL (KTRS) The Madison County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public help in finding a missing Alton woman. Police say 39-year-old Adria Hatten was last seen in Wood River around 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Hatten is described as a white female, 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighing around 150 pounds, and has blonde hair…
St. Louid, MO (KTRS) A man is dead after a shooting outside of Union Station in downtown St. Louis. Police say the 22-year-old victim was shot in the parking lot of Union Station around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. The victim was taken to a hospital, where he died. There’s no word of any arrests. This brings…
TOWN AND COUNTRY, Mo. (AP) — One man is dead after he changed lanes suddenly in front of a tractor-trailer on Interstate 64 in west county, causing a fiery chain-reaction crash. Billowing black smoke could be seen for miles after the accident at 8:20 a.m. Tuesday on Interstate 64. Three other people, including an infant,…
By KRISTIN M. HALL and DYLAN LOVAN, Associated Press BENTON, Ky. (AP) — A 15-year-old student killed two classmates and hit a dozen others with gunfire Tuesday, methodically firing a handgun inside a crowded atrium at his rural Kentucky high school. “He was determined. He knew what he was doing,” said Alexandria Caporali, who grabbed her…